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 * **Unit of Study: planets 3rd grade, states 4th grade, countries 5th grade**
 * **Unit of Study: planets 3rd grade, states 4th grade, countries 5th grade**

Explain to students that they are going to learn about different research topics. Each student/grade level will open up a new blank document in Microsoft word; add a heading of name, date, and subject. They will type three sentence they know about their topic and three things they do not know about their topic. With their teachers in class the students will : Select and Identify research Topic Develop a research question "I wonder..." Arrange information in a meaningful format When they have finished, they will find images and insert into a folder(a min of 20). Extension of Activity- Students will use wordle to make a word cloud out of ten action/descriptive adjectives words and use those words when using animoto when creating their video on their research topic. Finally students will use a wiki to post their work. http://castroelementaryprojects.wikispaces.com

**My reflection**
Incorporating ILT into DPS curriculum Ron McFarland/Castro Elementary Course 31302 sections 261 Instructor-Shirley Scott 4/21/2010 This lesson has helped me overcome my fears of our elective schedule. I was unsure of how I would incorporate web 2.0 skills into my class schedule at first, but I quickly became used to our limited time frame. I have learned how to do Internet research/web 2.0 within the limited time given and meet district/school standards. I have used the Internet for research before but always had the students for more consecutive days. As well as working with a librarian. At Castro we do not have a librarian we have a Para librarian. This makes it difficult and I have to rely on the teachers using class time for research. So we relied on the Internet for most of our body of evident the search engines on the Internet were faster than looking things up manually because of the time factor and limited experience of the librarian. The search engines even let the researcher search for articles containing key words that are related to the subject being researched. I have noticed that not all search engines are created equal. Yahoo, goggle and Lycos are my favorites. To get a broad range of information on a topic, it is best to use more than one search engine. Most of the students used the DPS Data sources as well as information on the Internet. I was able to set up a dummy account on g-mail and set up an educational account using animoto “a site used for video expressions using video or images”. The goal of this class was to use web 2.0 skills along with traditional research method for students to explain what they had learned. The students were taught how to use a table in word, e-mail, save images to a folder, navigate the Internet, use a wiki and use animoto. I have learned that many of my students preferred learning style is visual. They learn best from reading the material and seeing charts graphics and viewing demonstrations of the web 2.0 applications tools. I am happy this was a great learning style, and motivator for majority of the students because the on-line web 2.0 sites were almost exclusively visual. Experimenting with the different web 2.0 tools was a major component of this lesson. I was able to try new web 2.0 tools with the help of my group colleague. This lesson has helped me use and know better ways of using commutations like Skype. It has taught me skills I will use with future lessons and classes. I will know how to work with teachers in collecting research, contact people through e-mail, and will be able to order books on-line. I have already used my web 2.0 skills to help myself with many of my other classes. My strengths in the web 2.0 learning format is my ability to set goals and be disciplined enough to reach those goals by the deadline. I kept a small notebook and wrote down each day what I needed to do in each class. I also tried to break down longer tasks into smaller pieces. I tried to do something every day to reach the goal. This class schedule forced me to become organized and help support the teachers at our school. Even with my student’s limited experience with using web 2.0 technologies before undertaking the lesson web project, the construction of media content that was previously only possible for traditional media producers is made fairly simple by web 2.0 applications for anyone, regardless of their level of technical expertise. I have discovered this to be fairly accurate and with a little more time and effort I believe that the students could have videos using animoto close to the aesthetic level of some of the advance users of videos. Once they are better able to use descriptive words and sentences within their projects. In conclusion throughout the year students and I have had to create an online wiki. This was the most difficult of my task to make the wiki accessible to all of my students. I have noticed that there are positives and negatives to using the web 2.0 tools as a means to explaining and bringing meaning to student’s body of work and information. The difficulties came when convincing the teachers to use and make time for the use of web 2.0 tools. The pro’s and con’s are significant in there own right, although using based sites appear to have some basic problems in terms of identifying keywords meanings (adjectives use with the images) and images .The converging of all these web 2.0 technologies has created an effective way to use the image/visual and sound channels of communication to communicate interpersonally and directly with a multitude of web users all over the world. The communication is also asynchronous which allows users to listen, view, and comment on the project at any time, which can then be acknowledged and replied to by me at a later time. The wiki (castroelementaryprojects2010.wikispaces.com) has provided an effective outlet for students to ‘gain cooperation skills and legitimacy’ and to express their creative skills without relying on ‘mass network channels’. It is revolutionary and works towards greater use among teachers once they are exposed to the technology. The students were in engaged and excited this proved to be a powerful tool.

Other lessons using Quality Web 2.0 sites For the Classroom. The students will use animoto,

Current Events Research Writing Assignment Goal/Objective

Students will start intro paragraph with a clear statement about their topic. They will make a short informal outlint to help them write. Include at least to sources of information (one from the Library & one from the Internet) Topics:
 * 1) Create narrative history reports using Podcast or video slide
 * 2) Graphic your story using Photo Story
 * 3) Slide show using PowerPoint or Aminoto
 * 4) Use a Wiki
 * 5) Use Google earth
 * Students learn the technical skills needed to record a high-quality podcast/web2 tool.
 * Students brainstorm, and design the themes and content of their Podcast/web2 tool. with teacher guidance.
 * Students complete pre-production, production, and post-production of their Podcast/web2 tool..
 * Students ultimately learn project management skills, Podcasting technical skills, and actively use the Podcast as a medium for positive student expressionStandard
 * Use of electronic primary reference sources
 * Use general electronic reference sources-dictionaries, encyclopedias, local and wide area networks to access information from electronic databases
 * Demonstrate use of online catalog system
 * Use Internet addresses to access and bookmark appropriate internet sites
 * Use search engines on internet for classroom topics
 * Properly cite Internet resources (bibliography, footnotes, etc...)
 * Import Internet resources(graphics, sound, or video) to produce a research project.
 * 1) A world problem
 * 2) The environment
 * 3) A good leader
 * 4) Freedom
 * 5) Crime
 * 6) Family
 * 7) Music
 * 8) The sports world
 * 9) The Weather
 * 10) Education
 * 11) Civil Rights
 * 12) Peace
 * 13) Fashion
 * 14) Optional
 * 15) A problem solved
 * 16) Entertainment
 * 17) War
 * 18) Fear and or Happiness
 * 19) Holidays
 * 20) Freedom
 * 21) Children
 * 22) Destruction
 * 23) Food
 * 24) Community
 * 25) Games/Computer etc.
 * 26) Technology
 * 27) College
 * 28) Hope
 * 29) Senior Citizens
 * 30) Famous Person

present:

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